SB 10.81.39
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 39
tasya vai deva-devasya
harer yajña-pateḥ prabhoḥ
brāhmaṇāḥ prabhavo daivaṁ
na tebhyo vidyate param
SYNONYMS
tasya—of Him; vai—even; deva-devasya—of the Lord of lords; hareḥ—Kṛṣṇa; yajña—of Vedic sacrifice; pateḥ—the controller; prabhoḥ—the supreme master; brāhmaṇāḥ—the brāhmaṇas; prabhavaḥ—masters; daivam—deity; na—not; tebhyaḥ—than them; vidyate—exists; param—greater.
TRANSLATION
Lord Hari is the God of all gods, the master of all sacrifices, and the supreme ruler. But He accepts the saintly brāhmaṇas as His masters, and so there exists no deity higher than them.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that even though Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the supreme ruler of creation, He accepts the brāhmaṇas as His masters; even though He is the God of all gods, the brāhmaṇas are His deities; and even though He is the Lord of all sacrifices, He performs sacrifices to worship them.